Proposed new syntax
MRAB
python at mrabarnett.plus.com
Sat Aug 12 12:12:04 EDT 2017
On 2017-08-12 09:54, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen at helsinki.fi>:
>
>> Rustom Mody writes:
>>> [ My conjecture: The word ‘comprehension’ used this way in English is
>>> meaningless and is probably an infelicious translation of something
>>> which makes sense in German]
>>
>> From a Latin word for "taking together", through Middle French,
>
> Metaphors' galore:
>
> English: understand < stand under something
Its etymology is here:
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=understand
> French: comprendre < take something in
> German: verstehen < stand in front of something
> Finnish: ymmärtää < surround something
>
> all mean the same thing.
>
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